Horseshoe.



GASSERLEIGH.

HORSESHOE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 27, 1911.

COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH Patented Oct. 22, 1912.

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JOHN H. CASSERLEIGH, OF DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-EIGHTH TODAVID WANDEL, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

HORSESI-IOE.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, JOHN H. CASSER- LEIGH, citizen of the United States,residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to horse shoes and aims to provide a shoe whichmay be readily and quickly applied either to an unshod hoof or over anold shoe, and will prevent slipping on icy and slippery pavements.

Incidentally, the invention aims to provide a shoe which may be appliedto hoofs of different sizes and may be repeatedly ap plied and removed,the expense of having a horse rough shod in slippery weather being thusavoided.

A further aim of the invention is to provide a shoe, for the purposestated, so constructed that an old shoe upon the hoof will not interferewith the application of the shoe of the invention, means being providedfor accommodating the calks of the old shoe and for so engaging thesecalks as to effectually prevent slipping of the shoe of the inventionwhen applied.

The invent-ion also contemplates a novel arrangement of the calks of theshoe and a novel device associated with certain of the calks for closingthe section of the shoe at the time of its application to the hoof.

The invention also aims to provide a novel construction of toe-platedesigned to fit snugly against the front of the hoof to which the shoeis applied and thus hold the hoof against slipping forwardly upon theshoe. Incidentally, a feature of the invention resides in a connectionbetween the sections of the toe-plate designed to hold them againstspreading and at the same time to permit of the opening of the shoesections upon their pivot.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is aview in side elevation of the shoe embodying the present invention,applied. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof, the shoe being closed.Fig. 3 is a similar view, the sections of the shoe being open. F ig. 4is a perspective view of the rear end of one of the arms of the shoeplate. Fig.

Specification of Letters yatent.

Application filed June 27, 1911.

Patented Oct. 22, 1912.

Serial No. 635,656.

5 is a similar view of one of the extension plates. Fig. 6 is aperspective view of one of the rear calks. Fig. 7 is a similar view ofthe other one of the rear calks.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawingby the same reference characters.

In the drawing, the shoe sections are indi-- cated by the numeral 1 andeach is substantially of the form of a half of an ordinary horse shoe.The sections are provided with overlapping portions 2 at their forwardends and a threaded stud 3 is formed or provided upon one of theportions 2 and the other portion is formed with a slot 4 through whichthe stud projects. A nut 5 is threaded upon the stud 3 and serves tohold the sections at adjustment at their forward ends, it beingunderstood that the sections may pivot on the stud 3 and also that theirsaid ends may be separated to a greater or less degree in order to adaptthe shoe to hoofs of different sizes and shapes. Each shoe sect-ion isformed, at its said forward end, and upon its under side, with a calk 6,and these calks when the sections of the shoe are closed, aresubstantially in alinement, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing,and are located end to end. The forward end of each section 1 is furtherformed with a recess indicated by the numeral 7, and these recessesregister and form a slot through which the forward calk of an old shoemay project, should the hook to which the shoe of the invention isapplied be shod at the time of such application.

A toe-plate is provided at the front of the shoe and consists ofsections 8 which are secured at their lower edges to the forward edgesof the shoe sections 1 and are of a contour to fit in or lie snuglyagainst the forward side of the hoof to which the shoe is applied. Aband 9, preferably of resilient sheet metal is secured as at 10 to theupper ends of the toe-plate sections 8 and serves to connect the saidupper ends of these sections and prevent their spreading. The band 9,however, being resilient, permits of the sec tions being opened orclosed upon their pivot stud 3. Each section 1 is formed at its rear endwith an apertured car 11 and I the rear ends of the band 9 are pivotedor otherwise secured as at 12, one to each of these said ears. A shortbrace band 13 is secured at its lower end to the lateral edge of eachsection 1 and at its upper end. to the corresponding side of the band 9and supports at its said upper end a loop 14 to which is connected oneend of a strap 15, which has its intermediate portion 16 padded so asnot to cause inconvenience to the horse, the strap extending around thefetlock and rear side of the hoof and serving to hold the shoe in placeupon the hoof.

As before stated, the forward calk of an old shoe, upon the hoof towhich the shoe of the invention is applied, may project through the slotformed by the registering recesses 7, and in order that the rear calksof the old shoe may be engaged by the shoe of the invention for thepurpose of pre venting slipping of the latter shoe, the sections 1 areprovided each with an extension plate located at the rear end thereof.Each of the sections in its upper side, is formed with a recess 17located at its rear end and the extension plate indicated by the numeral18 is disposed in this recess and lies flush with the upper face of thesection. The section 1 is formed at its recess, with an opening 19, thewall of which is threaded and the extension plate is formed with anumber of openings 20, the walls of which are also threaded. The rearcalks, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings, are provided each witha threaded stem 21 and these stems are secured through the registeringopenings 19 and 20 of the shoe sections and extension plates,respectively. The call: shown in Fig. 6 is indicated by the numeral 22and is provided upon one side with an apertured ear 23, and the calkshown in Fig. 7 is indicated by the numeral 24. and is formed with anopening 25. The call: 22 is arranged to extend transversely of the shoesection upon which it is mounted as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 ofthe drawing, and the calk 24 is arranged to extend longitudinally of itsrespective shoe section. A pin 26 is provided at one end with a head 27and is threaded at its opposite end as at 28 and this pin is insertedthrough the apertured ear and the opening of the callrs 22 and 2respectively, and has threaded upon its portion 28 a nut 29 which may berotated to close the rear ends of the shoe sections 1, it beingunderstood that the said head 27 of the pin bears against the ear 23 andthe nut 29 bears against one side of the call: 24c.

It will be readily understood from the foregoing that the callts 22 andstrap may be readily removed for the purpose of ad justing the extensionplates 18 so that the rear ends of these plates will engage against therear calks of the old shoe, and that the engagement of said. plates withthe said calks will serve effectually, in conjunction with the toe-platesections 8, to prevent forward slipping of the hoof from the section.Each section 1 is formed with two or more openings 30 having threadedwalls, and into these openings may be secured the stems of additionalcalks (not shown) if found expedient.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is 1. A horseshoe comprising a shoe plate, a hoof engaging member at the front of theshoe plate, extension plates disposed upon the arms of the shoe plate attheir rear ends, the said extension plates and the said arms beingformed with registering openings, and calks having threaded stemsfitting in the openings and securing the extension plates at adjustment.

A horse shoe comprising a shoe plate having its arms formed at the endswith recesses, extension plates slidably disposed in the recesses, eacharm of the shoe plate being formed with a threaded opening at itsrecess, each of the extension plates being formed with a plurality ofopenings arranged to register interchangeably with the respectiveopenings in the shoe plate, and calks having threaded stems securedthrough the registering openings of the shoe plate and extension platesfor holding the latter plates at adjustment.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. GASSER-LEIGH. [Le s.]

itnesses Dave lVANDEL, Duncan MOPHAIL.

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